Interesting Links for 01-10-2021
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andrewducker- JM Straczynski talks about why the new Babylon 5 series is a reboot.
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- Shakira: Singer attacked by a pair of wild boars
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- The German publisher who inserted soup adverts into the translated novels they published (including Terry Pratchett!)
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- Global Warming: Is the UK on track to meet its targets?
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- Government ban on inhumane LGBT conversion practices must avoid exemptions
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- Boris Johnson hands peerage and Scottish ministerial job to banker who gave party £147,500
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- Christmas meat under threat due to UK shortage of butchers
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Date: 2021-10-01 11:15 am (UTC)What amuses me is that the guy's name is Offord. Sounds like Ofcom or something like that. (Is there a list of agencies called Ofthis or Ofthat? Dashed if I can get Google to generate one.)
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Date: 2021-10-01 11:33 am (UTC)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regulators_in_the_United_Kingdom?wprov=sfla1
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Date: 2021-10-01 11:35 am (UTC)He would be the Office for the Regulation of River Crossings I think.